# Creating a Good Question

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/creating-a-good-question/160>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [October 26, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/creating-a-good-question/160 "2015-10-26T17:43:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/sean/32/34127_2.png) [@sean](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/sean)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/creating-a-good-question/160/1 "2015-10-26T17:43:23Z")

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## How to Ask a Good Question

Asking a good question can be tricky but it can determine whether your question gets answered quickly or if it gets ignored by the community. In order to have a good question we recommend that you include the following when you create a new topic:

1. The stack you’re using
2. The exact error message you are getting
3. Which troubleshooting steps you’ve already taken
4. Any recent changes either in the codebase or the stack
5. What happens when you run the tests locally
6. What is supposed to happen when your build runs
7. The build URL if the project is public

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**Author:** ![sean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/sean/32/34127_2.png) [@sean](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/sean)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/creating-a-good-question/160/3 "2015-10-26T17:44:52Z")

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Closed on October 26, 2015, 5:44pm UTC



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**Author:** ![levlaz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/levlaz/32/36978_2.png) [@levlaz](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/levlaz)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/creating-a-good-question/160/5 "2015-11-17T19:27:15Z")

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